Kodak Easyshare Z700 4MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 6 x 3 inches ; 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007MVYYC
• Item model number: Z700
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,312 in Camera & Photo (See Bestsellers in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 20, 2006

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Kodak EasyShare Z700 4.0 MP digital camera features 5x optical zoom for tighter shots and the Kodak Color Science chip for richer, more accurate flesh tones.

Kodak Retinar All-glass Aspheric 5x Optical Zoom Lens
You'll be able to capture images in crisp detail with the Z700's all-glass lens, and get amazingly close to your subjects with the 5x optical zoom (35mm equivalent of a 35-175mm zoom).

The Kodak Color Science chip collects scene data to identify and adjust factors that influence picture quality.

Exclusive Kodak Color Science Image Processing Chip
With the exclusive Kodak Color Science image processing chip, your pictures come to life just the way you remember them. A new high-speed digital processor chip, advanced algorithms, and hardware acceleration features let the Z700 make simultaneous, split-second decisions to produce rich, vibrant, true-to-life colors in almost any lighting situation.

Each time you click the shutter, the Kodak Color Science chip performs an instantaneous and advanced analysis of collected scene data to identify and adjust multiple factors that influence picture quality. The scene light source is detected, and adjustments are made to capture bright whites and true, vivid colors under difficult lighting conditions--fluorescent, tungsten, or daylight. Scene content is analyzed for luminance, focal distance, subject-matter orientation, and color to determine the correct exposure and capture the natural details, accurate flesh tones, and rich colors you see in your composition.

The Kodak EasyShare Z700's 1.6-inch indoor-outdoor display is easy to view, even in direct light.

Multiple Scene and Color Modes, Plus Video Capture
Make memories. Wherever you go, the Z700 has a mode for almost any situation. Get the shot you want, the way you want it.

Choose one of 14 scene modes to get your shot:

• Sport--captures subjects in action without blurring
• Children--captures action photos of children in bright light
• Party--use for photos of people in indoor settings in lower light
• Beach--use for bright beach scenes
• Flower--captures close-up photos of flowers in bright light
• Fireworks--use for photos of fireworks
• Snow--use for bright snow scenes
• Close-up--captures sharp, full-frame images at close range
• Night Portrait--clearly captures both subjects and backgrounds at night
• Landscape--provides maximum sharpness for distant scenes
• Night Landscape--provides maximum sharpness for distant scenes at night
• Museum/Manner--use when sound or flash are not desired
• Text--use for sharp text when photographing documents
• Self Portrait mode--use for close-up of self

Bring out your creativity with color modes:

• Color--for vibrant colors
• Sepia--for an antique appearance
• Black and white--for a classic look

Catch all the action with continuous video:

• Capture up to 80 minutes of continuous video with audio, depending on the size of your external memory card
• Choose settings for VGA (640 x 480 resolution) at 13 frames per second, or QVGA (320 x 240 resolution) at 20 frames per second--both with MPEG-4 compression
• Share universally with QuickTime video format

High-speed, Low-light Autofocus

• Using dual-sensing technologies, the Z700's high-speed, low-light autofocus (AF) system precisely fine-tunes and sharply defines your subject in both low-light and bright-light situations
• The autofocus system with assist lamp helps capture consistently crisp, sharp pictures, even in low light
• Continuous autofocus provides 0.43-second click-to-capture time when the camera is on

Sharing Is One-touch Simple
The Z700 is part of the Kodak EasyShare System, so sharing your pictures is one-button simple. Just press Share.

• Simple sharing starts right on the back of the camera
• Exclusive on-camera Share button lets you tag favorite pictures to print or e-mail later
• Favorite mode shows off your favorite pictures anytime, anywhere in an on-camera picture collection

Kodak EasyShare Software

• The Z700 includes Kodak EasyShare Software
• Works seamlessly with EasyShare cameras and docks to enable one-button transferring and sharing
• The easy way to view, edit, organize, or print a slide show from your computer
• Exclusive One Touch to Better Pictures feature automatically adjusts the settings on your inkjet printer to give you traditional-quality photos when printing on Kodak inkjet photo papers

Product Description

Get up close to your potential images with this Kodak EasyShare 4MP digital camera. Capture sharp detail with a 5x optical zoom plus 4x advanced digital zoom with the Kodak Retinar aspheric all-glass optical zoom lens. The camera creates vibrant, unbelievable quality prints up to 20x30" and has multi-zone autofocus with enhanced low-light performance. The LCD is a 1.6" high-resolution indoor/outdoor display and includes video mode with audio. Other features include compatibility with Kodak EasyShare camera and printer docks; print, e-mail, and organize your photos with just one touch of the Share button; 16MB internal memory with SD/MMC card expansion slot; built-in flash with red-eye reduction; self-timer; real image optical viewfinder; video out cable; USB and A/V cables; wrist strap; Kodak EasyShare software.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

75 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great quality and value, January 1, 2006

By	P. Caiola "Patti" (Toledo, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just got this camera and within minutes (about 7)out of the box I was up and running. Snapping photos and loading them on the computer. The Kodak software works great with my XP, and the kodak interface is easy to work with. Some photo editing features, email and print straight from camera. Literallly plug in the camera and after it downloads the photos (seconds) it will automatically prompt for printing or email. Way cool feature.

The camera settings are easy to use, dial is clear and well placed. LCD screen is viewable in bright light. Manual flash settings are convienently located, camera feels comfortable in hand, SD slot placement is logical. I am not sure what was confusing to others in the reviews seen here, my fiance who is a camera novice (and not computer savvy) was up and shooting photos as soon as I handed him the camera. There are a lot of features on this camera, what a great value for the money! Kodak online has great photography tips and help for you and your camera, as well as a downloadable user manual.

Also, yes there is an option for manual settings like a good old fashioned SLR camera. If you are not familiar with traditional 35mm SLR camera settings...then either don't use this feature, take a intro to basic photography course, or buy a cheaper camera that does not offer manual settings. I have had a tried and true SLR camera for years and love it. I was excited to find an affordable digital camera that combines what I like about "point and shoot" style camera, and manual settings that I like about my 35mm SLR. SO - the feature is there, I thought it was pretty straightforward how it works. So if you are familiar with fstop, aperature, ISO, etc...this will be no problem.

The quality of the photos are amazing!! In the "Auto settings" mode even. I have tried many of the special featured setting specifics like the Museum/manner, People inside at a party, and Close up modes and have been happy with results.

One not so great thing, the non-rechargeable batteries that came free with the camera lasted us about 4-5 hours total. So, I reccomend a great quality rechargable set of batteries.

Also, FYI, the internal memory holds about 16 pictures or so. I purchased seperately a 256 MB SD card and now my camera will hold just shy of 200 basic photos (mine says 198).

63 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good inexpensive camera for intermediate user, December 1, 2005

By	Arcane Heretic (Arcadia) - See all my reviews

This is my third Digicamera. For the price you can't really beat it. This camera takes excellent pictures in the dark.
Great, clear, full of features. This camera is not that difficult to use either. It does not require a degree in rocket science, just read the manual.

I still can't get over how well it takes pictures in the dark.
I took a picture of my living at night with no lights on. Totally pitch black. With the flash, the picture of the room looked as if it was mid day and well lit. Amazing

Use the web to research your camera purchase. I checked this camera out through google before finally buying it. I am very pleased with the purchase.

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good camera (but with a few caveats), March 17, 2006

By	C. K. Warley (USA) - See all my reviews

The Kodak Z-700 is my first digital camera. I like it very much, except for...

The cons: The camera's 16 MB internal memory card is a joke, as are the two included AA Kodak batteries. Within less than two hours of use, the memory card filled up; I would expect a modern "high-tech" digital camera to match if not exceed the 24-photo minimum of its 35mm predecessors. And although the batteries probably ran low because I tested the camera at night using the flash and fiddled with the menu and other controls, I would expect more.

The next day I ventured outside to take photos with a different set of used but fairly new AA batteries. All went well at first. But then the camera began to power off suddenly, sometimes in the middle of a photo comp or after I'd used the zoom, and sometimes when placed in certain modes such as close up, landscape, etc. I noticed the occasional red flashing light indicating a low battery, yet the low-battery icon on the view screen appeared to be around the 50-percent mark. I considered returning the camera to Amazon. Sigh.

Recommendations: Luckily, though, I had heeded the fine advice of other reviewers in this forum and had also ordered a 256 MB external memory card, rechargeable batteries, and docking station. (At the time of purchase, the docking station was just $7 more than the charger and offered some handy features.) I recycled the depleted AA batteries, inserted the rechargeables, and let the camera charge overnight on the docking station. The next day I inserted the external memory card, formatted it, and began taking photos...

The pros: Lo and behold! Properly geared and powered, this camera exhibits no aberrant behavior and takes gloriously sharp, clear pictures. Its focus is better than that on my point-n-shoot 35mm. The color is realistic and vivid. The software is intuitive, and with the docking station you can recharge the batteries and transfer photos to the computer with the touch of a button. The camera itself is ergonomic and nicely weighted, like a fine chef's knife.

Overall, I'm happy I purchased the Z-700. It's rated #2, after a Canon, in a recent Consumer's Reports review of digital cameras. I just wish that Kodak packaged the camera with everything it needs instead of enticing us with a low purchase price and allowing us to discover later that the alleged "accessories" (rechargeable batteries, charger, external memory card) are actually mandatory.